NEW YORK -- D.C. United's Alecko Eskandarian was fined $250
by Major League Soccer on Tuesday for an unusual goal celebration
last weekend that included spitting out a mouthful of the energy
drink Red Bull.

After the first of his two scores in United's 4-1 victory over
the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, Eskandarian ran to the sideline
and caught a can of the energy drink tossed to him by a teammate.
Eskandarian opened the can, took a drink and spat it out.

Eskandarian later said the prank was "just for laughs."

On Monday, he was honored as MLS player of the week.

Red Bull bought the MetroStars in March and renamed the
10-year-old MLS team after itself.